The police has recommended that the Labour Department initiate action against the BPO for not providing transportation to the woman employee who was raped on Saturday night while returning from work.
“Though it is a small company, they should have followed safety and security guidelines. We are also taking action against them,” said N.S. Megharik, City police commissioner. Though the rape and murder of a BPO employee in a cab in 2005 shocked authorities into producing a set of laws for protection of women employees, activists and labour officials say they remain mired in ambiguity and are riddled with loopholes. IT and BPOs have been granted exemptions from several provisions of The Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1961. The power of labour inspectors to conduct random inspections has also been taken away.
